Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of independent women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RESULTS ECCW (June 8th, 2013): Nicole Matthews (c) vs. KC Spinelli went to a no contest when El Phantasmo attacked both women. NPW (June 8th, 2013): Shazza McKenzie def. Madison Eagles NWA-AWA … Read more
PWWA, Australia’s only all-female wrestling company (and sister company to PWA Australia), have announced a return show for Saturday August 3rd, 2013, to be held at The ROXY Hotel in Parramatta, NSW. Based on the promotional material, it seems as though we can expect the likes of PWWA Interim Champion Evie, PWWA Champion Madison Eagles, … Read more
When we talk of the historic rivalries in women’s wrestling, there are a certain few that spring to mind. From the pioneering battles between Mae Young and Mildred Burke in the 1950s all the way to Lita and Trish Stratus’s rollercoaster rivalry at the turn of this century, there are plenty of classic feuds to … Read more
SHINE Wrestling will take its first steps towards crowning its inaugural champion this Friday at SHINE 9 with the first qualifying matches of the SHINE Championship Tournament. Sixteen wrestlers will compete in the qualifiers, four of which will be held at SHINE 9 and four at SHINE 10 on May 24th. The eight winners will … Read more
After over seven years as one of the world’s top female wrestling promotions, with a host of international stars at every show and arguably the most prestigious women’s championship in the business today as its crown jewel, it’s a wonder that it took SHIMMER so long to broadcast their first Internet Pay-Per-View. They’ve had their … Read more
SHIMMER has released a full length main event match between Madison Eagles and Jessie McKay from SHIMMER 35 ahead of their bout tomorrow on the SHIMMER 53 iPPV. Tomorrow’s match marks Eagles’ return to the ring after a year of inactivity due to a serious knee injury. Watch the match below: RELATED: SHIMMER 53 Tomorrow … Read more
SHIMMER Women Athletes will be making their presence known at WrestleCon tomorrow as they take over the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, New Jersey for SHIMMER 53, their first foray into Internet Pay-Per-View. The main event sees SHIMMER Champion Saraya Knight put her title on the line in a Steel Cage Match against the woman … Read more
April 19th will see a host of stars from around the world loom upon the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida, as SHINE prepare themselves for an International Invasion at SHINE 9! Flying the flag for Britain is Saraya Knight, hoping to still be SHIMMER Champion after the forthcoming SHIMMER iPPV and tapings over the next … Read more
SHIMMER has announced the latest match to join the SHIMMER 53 event on WrestleMania weekend: Jessie McKay vs. Madison Eagles. These two have a storied history, dating back to their time as a tag team in 2008. This match serves as a rematch of sorts of the SHIMMER 35 main event, in which McKay challenged … Read more
SHIMMER Women Athletes has announced the first additions to the taping of Volume 53, which will be held on April 6, 2013 in Secaucus, NJ as part of the massive WrestleCon event. Former WWE star Kharma, aka Amazing Kong, will make her return to the promotion, as will former SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles. Eagles’ last … Read more
Pro Wrestling Womens Alliance (PWWA) has officially announced the date of their next event to take place on Saturday, October 6th at the Casula Powerhouse in Sydney, Australia. PWWA is the only all female promotion emanating from Australia, and has featured the likes of Madison Eagles, Kellie Skater and Jessie McKay to name just a … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is our interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, we’re asking this: If you could pick one (only one!) female independent wrestler to be signed by WWE or TNA, who would it be? We’ve read your responses on … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is our interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, we’re asking this: The WWE has been taping overseas the past few days, so we want to know: who do you think is the greatest non-American female wrestler currently … Read more
She was crowned the #1 female wrestler in the world on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Female 50 for 2011. but now Madison Eagles faces a serious injury that could end her top-ranking career. In late December 2011, the former SHIMMER Champion announced on Twitter that she was suffering from what could be a career-ending knee … Read more
The results are in! Over the past two weeks you have been voting in your thousands for the winners of the 2011 Fan Voted Year-End Awards. All of the votes have been counted and verified, and it’s now time to reveal who you’ve picked… Independent Match of the Year The nominees were: Athena vs Rachel … Read more
A la TIME’s Person of the Year list, Diva Dirt has compiled a countdown of the women we feel have best embodied the zeitgeist of the year in women’s wrestling. To compile this list, the Diva Dirt team have tracked the headlines here at Diva Dirt over the past 12 months, followed the lively fan … Read more
Lots of new matches have been booked for CHIKARA’s JoshiMania extravaganza on December 2nd-4th. Unfortunately, due to injury, Meiko Satomura will no longer be part of JoshiMania. She was due to face Aja Kong on December 3rd and Sara Del Rey on December 4th. The good news is that former TNA star Ayako Hamada has … Read more
The next name (and second “gaijin”) added to CHIKARA’s big JoshiMania weekend to be held on December 2, 3 and 4 is none other than former SHIMMER and current PWWA champion, Madison Eagles! Eagles joins Sara Del Rey, Cherry, GAMI, Mio Shirai, Commando Bolshoi, Mayumi Ozaki, Toshie Uematsu, Meiko Satomura, Manami Toyota and Aja Kong … Read more
Earlier this month, Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Dan Murphy made an appearance at SHIMMER Women Athletes to present a plaque to Madison Eagles, who netted the #1 spot on their annual Female 50 list in September. Our friends at SHIMMER have released the video of the presentation, which also features SHIMMER mainstay, Serena Deeb.Check out the … Read more
Ahead of the SHIMMER festivities tomorrow in Berwyn, IL. AAW is giving fans a little taste tonight at a pre-SHIMMER show at the Berwyn Eagles Club. The event will feature SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles, Mena Libra & Sassy Stephie vs MsChif, Jessie McKay and Nevaeh. Diva Dirt’s Steven is on hand with live results: * … Read more
We always hear about independent wrestling in the USA, but what about those oft-forgotten countries… like Australia? Here are the latest happenings in the Australian wrestling scene, including recent results and upcoming events you can attend: July 30th – PWAQ (Chermside, QLD): Storm defeated Niki Nitro to become the first ever “Women’s Underground Champion”… this … Read more
CHIKARA has announced that newcomer Kana will face two of the company’s regular female talent, Madison Eagles and Sara Del Rey, when she makes her debut for the company next month. The joshi star will be making her US debut for SHIMMER on October 1st and 2nd, and then for CHIKARA on the 7th and … Read more
It’s been a great start to the month of September for SHIMMER Champion, Madison Eagles. In fact, perhaps we should just dedicate this month in her honor? Seriously. Last week, it was revealed that the 6’1″ Australian wrestler was ranked the number one female wrestler in all of North America by Pro Wrestling Illustrated, but … Read more
PWA Australia‘s official ringside photographer, New Photography, have uploaded their photos from the massive PWWA comeback show on Saturday September the 3rd. The show featured the first ever international SHIMMER Championship defense when Madison Eagles put the gold up for grabs in a match that also featured “Everybody’s Favourite Girlfriend” Jessie McKay, and one half of … Read more
Canada’s Nicole Matthews‘ tour of Australia continues at South Australia’s Royal Adelaide Show. The Royal Adelaide Show is an annual agricultural show/fair held at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds in Wayville, South Australia. It features food, rides, competitions, animal races and… wrestling from NWA Pro! The Royal Adelaide Show began September 2 and will run through … Read more
SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles has taken the #1 spot on this year’s Pro Wrestling Illustrated Female 50. Eagles beats out competition from WWE and TNA stars as well as independent stars to claim the #1 spot this year. Last year’s top ranked female was Michelle McCool. Madison is also the first independent name to claim … Read more